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sub-brevioribus; floribus subterminalibus magnis purpureis; bacca 
subglobosa ; seminibus tuberculatis. 
“ El Paso, southward to the Sandhills ; fl. April. — Stem 5-6 
inches high; spines 4-8 lines long; flower. 2£- 3 inches long. 
Similar to C. dasy acanthus, from which it is -distinguished by the 
fewer ribs, fewer and stouter spines, purple flowers, smaller fruit, and 
larger seed. This species is intermediate between the Pectinati and 
Decalophi. 
“ After .Opuntia setispina, p. 294 : — 
u O. Pes Corvi, Le Conte, Mss. : articulis parvis teretiusculis ; pul- 
villis subconfertis setas paucas breves graciles flavidulas gerentibus 
plerisque armatis; aculeis binis ternisve gracilibus seepe basi com- 
pressis tortisque ; flore flavo minore. 
“ Sandy coast of Georgia, Major Le Conte , and Florida, Dr. Chap - 
man. — Joints not much over an inch long, and half as thick. Spines 
1 -1| inches long, straight and slender. Flower 1£ inches in di¬ 
ameter. Ovary only with 5 areolse; stigmas 5. — In the shape of 
the joints this curious little species resembles O. fragilis, but in 
other respects it. seems intermediate between O. vulgaris and 0. 
tenuispina .” 
, inlilrassed-tUfr Academy on 'ffle'geTrmi 
chapters of Orders in the classification of the animal king¬ 
dom. Orders, he said, are natural groups characterized by 
complicationVstructure. There are groups,-however, con¬ 
stituting orderSjNvhich do not come unde\this definition; 
hencQ he concludes l^at the different classes\f the animal 
kingdom do ,*fot all ad^of the, same divisions^ Professor 
AgassiVpffstrated his views^the different orders oXEchino- 
derms. In'inclusion, he remailsed, that orders are ofNjiffer- 
ent .Kinds, some" synthetic, some prophetic, others graduated, 
After nominatiou'% the Council,_ 
Laurens P. Hickok- 'IX D., President fiKUnion College,'' 
Schenectady/was elected aiKAssociate Fellow lh^he Section 
of Philosophy and Jurisprudence.-.^ 
Dr...€feorge B. Wood and Dr. Is^Hays, both 0 fW- 
delphia, were elected Associate Fellows -in the Section of 
Medicine and Surgery. 
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